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Dr. Faison Dies Suddenly at His Desk at Hospital for Negro Insane, Oct. 22, 1926

Dr. W.W. Faison Dies Suddenly

Goldsboro, N.C., Oct. 22 (AP)—Dr. W. W. Faison, superintendent of the State Hospital for the Negro Insane, here, died suddenly while seated in his office.

Dr. Faison, apparently in good health, ate a hearty breakfast and when directly to his office. A few moments after he arrived, hospital attaches found his body in a normal posture at the desk. Death apparently had come painlessly.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Oct. 22, 1926

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